I've certainly learned a lot from you fellows and I thank you for it. I'm confident that the gun I looked at is a U.S. built Savage and certainly worth another look. It's modest price is within my limited means and it may offer an opportunity to tinker a little bit and clean it up so it becomes an inexpensive "shooter".

I'm a bit put off, though, by the peculiar tan/brown receiver. I've never seen anything like it.